Clear Technologies Promotes Van Symons to President and Chief Operating Officer of C2 CRM Division.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2003 Company making adjustments to take advantage of rapid growth. Clear Technologies today announced that Van Symons, previously the Vice President of Sales, is being promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for the C2 CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. Division of the company. This division publishes the company's popular C2 CRM software application. Mr. Symons joined Clear Technologies in October of last year after a 25-year career at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) where he was the BI CRM Segment Manager for the eServer Division. Mr. Symons received numerous awards during his tenure with IBM, including the highly regarded President's Award for outstanding achievement. "This organizational change is part of our on-going strategy to further tighten our relationship with IBM," said Greg Colley, Clear Technologies President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Van has had tremendous impact on the growth of our product utilizing his IBM experience of CRM ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). value propositions and best practices. His efforts have contributed significantly to C2 CRM's explosive growth over this last year." In his new role as President and COO, Mr. Symons will continue to drive the sales organization to expand upon the company's recognized growth. Clear Technologies recently was added as an IBM Strategic Alliance partner, and C2 CRM was chosen as IBM's recommended CRM system for the mid-market. The browser-based application is also in contention for ISM's Top 15 CRM solutions award, which will be announced at the DCI (Display Control Interface) An Intel/Microsoft programming interface for full-motion video and games in Windows. It allowed applications to take advantage of video accelerator features built into the display adapter. event in Chicago on February 19th. "C2 CRM is a solid product that is truly helping businesses become more profitable," said Mr. Symons "I am looking forward to helping this division make the most of the huge opportunity that the SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. CRM market represents." C2 CRM is designed to help mid-market companies increase organizational efficiency, strengthen customer loyalty, boost sales, improve business processes and increase marketing effectiveness. Accessible to everyone in the organization via the Web, C2 CRM offers instant access to critical customer and prospect information to enable users to maximize their opportunities and increase customer satisfaction. About Clear Technologies Clear Technologies, Inc., is a Premier IBM Business Partner focused on delivering customer driven technology solutions for IBM's Middle Market eBusiness Customers. Clear Technologies developed C2 CRM software, designed to integrate sales, marketing and customer service into one seamless, collaborative operation. In addition to sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. , C2 CRM provides effective marketing automation and project-related service activity tracking. Clear Technologies is located in Coppell, Texas, and was founded in 1993. For additional information on Clear Technologies, Inc. or C2 CRM, visit www.cleartechnologies.net and www.C2CRM.com or call 1-888-339-4244. |
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